HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WANT???

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WANT???

Well I’ll tell you what I want. I want to aspire to writing a blog comparable to the “bloggy” goodness that are Graphics Guy Matt’s blogs! But here is my question… can you blog about another person’s blog? And if so how many times can you say the word blog in your blog when referring to someone else’s blog?
Confused? Yeah, me too.
Well I guess you can blog about someone else’s blog because that’s what I’m doing here.
I’ve been urged for months now to contribute to our new Want AD blog link & in the beginning I jumped at the chance to share my well intended if not sometimes odd thoughts on work & life in general. But when it got down to it & I sat in my corner cubicle of the department staring at the walls I’ve covered in posters & pictures & private jokes between other employees & myself I was stumped. My writer’s block was the size of the Great Wall of China. Completely uninspired which is kind of a first for me. I was disappointed with myself considering I always seem to have plenty to talk about, lots of strong opinions & a wealth of useless knowledge to share with the world. But what do I write about? Why would anyone want to know what little old me was thinking anyways? Well I’ll tell you why because I’m a big deal… well not really but I do have a big if not fragile ego.
First off I suppose introducing myself is an order. I am Leah… the graphics girl. I’ve worked in our Graphics department alongside my awesome co-workers for over 2 years but I kind of ended up in this department accidentally. I started at The Wantad 5-1/2 years ago at the tender age of 19 in the call center. I had no prior graphic design experience but worked my way up helping out every department that would have me & eventually found my “calling” here among the self-professed “computer geeks”. I don’t necessarily fit the mold but that’s ok. I’ve always been known around the company as kind of an outspoken, fun-loving if not slightly over-the-top type, so on first impressions I might not be pegged as artsy-per say but looks & personality can be deceiving sometimes.
Since joining the guys in Graphics I have kind of become a good source of entertainment for the guys, I always seem to be running my mouth about something, flouncing around or telling you my latest story from my inevitably crazy weekend. Anyways it seems to have become the natural progression for me to be involved in all of our newest ventures from free web advertising to blogging! And since I tend to leave my timidity at the door I became the online spokes-girl for our website a couple of months back when we finally went free. You could see me with one of our former interns (and a good friend of mine) the first couple of times we updated our site with the splendid news that we’d gone free & then by myself staring through a pair of binoculars checking out all the fun things we have for sale. It became kind of a running joke with the guys & I that I was a celebrity of sorts now. I signed mock autographs & gave myself a marquee screensaver that simply read CELEBUTANTE. Though I do sport the oversized shades & the extra large attitude sometimes don’t worry! There are no crashed sports luxury vehicles or jail time in my future!
I’m just a ham who doesn’t mind being seen by our Want AD Web Users once in a while…
So I think I ran out of stuff to say for now, but I shall return with more nonsensical babblings that hopefully entertain you for a minute or so out of your day!
Keepin’ It Classy, Leah